Hyundai Rotem seals record $6.5 bn K2 tank deal with Poland

Hyundai Rotem seals record $6.5 bn K2 tank deal with Poland

Hyundai Rotem Co., a South Korean defense system developer, will export its battle tanks to Poland in what would be the largest single export deal f...

CJ CGV under pressure to shed China, Vietnam cinema assets

CJ CGV under pressure to shed China, Vietnam cinema assets

MBK Partners and Mirae Asset Securities Co. are considering divesting of their holdings in CGI Holdings Co., which oversees CJ CGV Co.’s multi...

Hyundai Rotem set to finalize $6 bn K2 tank order from Poland

Hyundai Rotem set to finalize $6 bn K2 tank order from Poland

Hyundai Rotem Co., a South Korean defense company, is set to finalize a tank supply contract with Poland, with the deal's value nearly doubling &nda...

CJ Foodville goes global from in-flight meals to Starbucks bread

CJ Foodville goes global from in-flight meals to Starbucks bread

CJ Foodville Co., a South Korean food company, is deepening its presence in Southeast Asia with premium bakery products, catering to airplane passen...

Lotte to retake $269 mn stake in logistics arm after flopped IPO

Lotte to retake $269 mn stake in logistics arm after flopped IPO

Lotte Group, South Korea’s fifth-largest conglomerate by assets, will buy back a stake in Lotte Global Logistics Co. from the latter’s f...

CJ CheilJedang to open $72 million dumpling plant in Japan

CJ CheilJedang to open $72 million dumpling plant in Japan

South Korea’s largest food company, CJ CheilJedang Corp., is shifting into high gear in its global expansion with a 100 billion won ($72 milli...

CJ CheilJedang scraps $3.5 bn green bio sale, shifts gears to expansion

CJ CheilJedang scraps $3.5 bn green bio sale, shifts gears to expansion

CJ CheilJedang Corp., South Korea’s largest food and beverage company, said on Wednesday it has scrapped a planned sale of its green bio busin...

CJ CheilJedang scraps sale of Brazilian unit CJ Selecta to Bunge

CJ CheilJedang scraps sale of Brazilian unit CJ Selecta to Bunge

CJ CheilJedang Corp., South Korea’s largest food company, has cancelled the sale of a 66% stake in Brazilian soybean crusher CJ Selecta S.A. a...

JD.com opens Korean logistics centers, preluding C-commerce invasion

JD.com opens Korean logistics centers, preluding C-commerce invasion

JD.com, often dubbed China’s answer to Amazon.com, has opened its own logistics centers in South Korea, becoming the first Chinese e-commerce ...

Kumho Tire eyes Poland, Serbia, Portugal for 1st European plant

Kumho Tire eyes Poland, Serbia, Portugal for 1st European plant

Kumho Tire Co., South Korea’s No. 2 tire maker, is evaluating Poland, Serbia and Portugal as a potential site for its first plant in Europe as...

Dongwon Industries to delist wholly owned Dongwon F&B

Dongwon Industries to delist wholly owned Dongwon F&B

Dongwon Industries Co., the holding company of South Korea’s seafood-to-logistics Dongwon Group, will delist its canned tuna-manufacturing sub...

Mirae, Koramco, Hana shortlisted for Korea Post’s core real estate fund

Mirae, Koramco, Hana shortlisted for Korea Post’s core real estate fund

Mirae Asset Global Investments Co., Koramco REITs Management and Trust Co. and Hana Alternative Asset Management Co. were shortlisted for the mandat...

LG Energy bags 1-GWh ESS battery deal from Poland’s PGE

LG Energy bags 1-GWh ESS battery deal from Poland’s PGE

LG Energy Solution Ltd. will supply 1 gigawatt-hour of energy storage system (ESS) batteries to a state-owned utility company in Poland in a deal ex...

Warburg Pincus-Wide Creek Asset JV picks up 2nd Korean logistics asset

Warburg Pincus-Wide Creek Asset JV picks up 2nd Korean logistics asset

US private equity firm Warburg Pincus LLC and South Korean real estate manager Wide Creek Asset Management Co. are building a logistics center for l...

K-beauty shake-up: APR, Shinsegae rise as Aekyung declines

K-beauty shake-up: APR, Shinsegae rise as Aekyung declines

South Korea’s beauty industry is undergoing a major reshuffle, with new players rising to prominence while established giants face growing com...

LX Pantos acquires logistics center near Atlanta for $120 mn

LX Pantos acquires logistics center near Atlanta for $120 mn

LX Pantos Co., a logistics arm of LX International Corp., announced on Tuesday it has acquired a logistics center near Atlanta in Dalton, Georgia fo...

MBK Partners poised to acquire CJ Cheiljedang’s $3.5 billion bio business

 MBK Partners poised to acquire CJ Cheiljedang’s $3.5 billion bio business

North Asia-focused private equity firm MBK Partners is on the verge of clinching a major acquisition deal by offering a higher bid than other conten...

Lotte aims to take Lotte Global Logistics public by end-June

Lotte aims to take Lotte Global Logistics public by end-June

Lotte Group, grappling with a prolonged downturn in the petrochemical industry, plans to take Lotte Global Logistics Co. public by the end of June a...

Beauty giant CJ Olive Young to buy Seoul office building for $472 mn

Beauty giant CJ Olive Young to buy Seoul office building for $472 mn

CJ Olive Young Corp., South Korea’s top beauty store chain, has been given priority rights to buy an office building in Seoul for about 680 bi...

MBK Partners, 2 Chinese firms vie for CJ Cheiljedang’s $4 bn bio business

MBK Partners, 2 Chinese firms vie for CJ Cheiljedang’s $4 bn bio business

North Asia-focused private equity firm MBK Partners and two leading Chinese biotechnology firms are vying for management control of CJ Cheiljedang C...

LX Pantos enters US intermodal logistics market with Japan’s ONE

LX Pantos enters US intermodal logistics market with Japan’s ONE

LX Pantos Co., South Korea’s largest logistics company under LX International Corp., has advanced into the US intermodal logistics market join...

Korea’s beauty retailer CJ Olive Young to open first US offline outlet

Korea’s beauty retailer CJ Olive Young to open first US offline outlet

CJ Olive Young Corp., South Korea’s top beauty store chain, said on Tuesday it has set up a US business entity in Los Angeles to enhance its p...

LG CNS, Bear Robotics to co-develop autonomous robots

LG CNS, Bear Robotics to co-develop autonomous robots

LG CNS Co., a South Korean information technology service company, said on Monday it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Bear Robotics...

SK Nexilis gets $133 mn subsidy from Poland

SK Nexilis gets $133 mn subsidy from Poland

South Korea's SK Nexilis Co., the world’s largest copper foil maker, said on Monday it received a $133 million subsidy from the Polish gover...

S.Korean game firms invest in Poland

S.Korean game firms invest in Poland

South Korean game developers and publishers focus on investment in Poland. NCSoft Corp. said on Wednesday it signed a new intellectual property...

CJ OliveNetworks to expand cloud management biz

CJ OliveNetworks to expand cloud management biz

South Korea's CJ OliveNetworks said on Wednesday it will expand its managed service provider (MSP) in the cloud industry, utilizing Naver Cloud and ...

Blackstone, Carlyle, MBK vying for CJ CheilJedang’s bio business

Blackstone, Carlyle, MBK vying for CJ CheilJedang’s bio business

Blackstone, Carlyle Group and MBK Partners have joined the race to purchase the bio business of CJ CheilJedang Corp., the world’s largest prod...

CJ CheilJedang sells ambient fried rice in N.America

CJ CheilJedang sells ambient fried rice in N.America

South Korea's CJ CheilJedang Corp. said on Thursday it will export and sell its ambient rice product, Bibigo Korean BBQ Fried Rice, to the North Ame...

CJ ENM, SK Square invest $179 mn in Wavve ahead of merger with TVing

CJ ENM, SK Square invest $179 mn in Wavve ahead of merger with TVing

South Korean entertainment powerhouse CJ ENM Co. and SK Group’s investment arm SK Square Co. have invested a combined 250 billion won ($179 mi...

CJ CheilJedang's Sobaba Chicken enters US, Japan

CJ CheilJedang's Sobaba Chicken enters US, Japan

South Korea's CJ CheilJedang Corp. said on Wednesday its frozen fried chicken Sobaba Chicken entered Costco stores in the US and Japan.Sobaba Chicke...

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